Tag: individual rights
Are Immigration Restrictions Required by Individual Rights?
April 29, 2017 | Post
How do those who take individual rights seriously address the argument that immigration restrictions are justified as a means of securing liberal institutions?
Women prosper when markets are free
March 8, 2017 | Post
Today is International Women’s Day and, in some of the least surprising news of the day, it turns out that women’s equality ties into economic freedom. International Women’s Day was founded by the American Socialist Party in 1909 and usually ends up celebrating women in government, politics, and statism, but let’s look at something else. […]
Weird election rules: The baseball hall of fame
February 18, 2017 | Post
Any variation in election rules — for president, for student body treasurer, or for anything else — allows us to examine the rules’ impact on voting outcomes.
In democracy, minorities are ignored and the voters are ignorant.
December 2, 2016 | Post
The following is the third installment in a five-part debate between Jason Brennan and Philip Pettit on the legitimacy of democracy as a system of social order.
The Right to Sit During the Pledge of Allegiance
September 16, 2016 | Post
One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.
Police Misconduct Upends the Role of Government
August 30, 2016 | Post
A lack of basic police accountability foments distrust within communities, especially communities of color, turning the social contract on its head.